Ecclesiastes 11:7

Coverdale Bible (1535)

The light is swete, & a pleasaunt thinge is it for the eyes to loke vpon the Sonne.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 7:11 : 11 Wy?dome is better then riches, yee moch more worth then the eye sight.
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 that ye maye be the chyldern of youre father which is in heauen: for he maketh his sonne to aryse on the euel and on the good, and sendeth his rayne on the iust and vniuste.
  • Job 33:28 : 28 Yee he hath delyuered my soule from destruccion, & my life, that it seyth ye light.
  • Job 33:30 : 30 that he kepeth his soule from perishinge, & latteth him enioye the light of ye lyuinge.
  • Ps 56:13 : 13 For thou hast delyuered my soule fro death, & my fete fro fallinge, yt I maye walke before God in ye light of ye lyuynge.
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 I had rather be a dore keper in the house of my God, then to dwell in the tentes of the vngodly.
  • Prov 15:30 : 30 Like as ye clearnesse of ye eyes reioyseth ye herte, so doth a good name fede ye bones.
  • Prov 29:13 : 13 The poore and the lender mete together, the LORDE lighteneth both their eyes.
  • Eccl 6:5 : 5 Morouer, he seyth not the Sonne, and knoweth of no rest nether here ner there:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 11:8-10
    3 verses
    80%

    8 Yf a man lyue many yeares, and be glad in them all, let him remembre the dayes of darcknesse, which shalbe many: & when they come, all thinges shalbe but vanite.

    9 Be glad then (O thou yonge man) in thy youth, and lat thine hert be mery in thy yonge dayes: folowe the wayes of thine owne hert, and the lust of thine eyes: but be thou sure, that God shal bringe the in to iudgment for all these thinges.

    10 Pvt awaye displeasure out of yi hert, & remoue euell from thy body: for childehode and youth is but vanite.

  • Eccl 7:11
    78%

    11 Wy?dome is better then riches, yee moch more worth then the eye sight.

  • Eccl 12:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 Remembre thy maker in thy youth, or euer the dayes of aduersite come, and or the yeares drawe nye, when thou shalt saye: I haue no pleasure in them:

    2 before the Sonne, ye light, ye Moone and the starres be darckened, and or the cloudes turne agayne after the rayne:

  • Job 31:26
    77%

    26 Dyd I euer greatly regarde the rysinge of the Sonne? Or, had I the goinge downe of ye Moone in greate reputacion?

  • Eccl 1:5
    76%

    5 The Sone aryseth, the Sonne goeth downe, & returneth to his place, yt he maye there ryse vp agayne.

  • Eccl 5:17-18
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    75%

    17 All the daies of his life also must he eate in the darcke, with greate carefulnesse, sicknesse & sorow.

    18 Therfore me thinke it a better and a fayrer thinge, a man to eate and drynke, and to be refreshed of all his laboure, yt he taketh vnder the Sonne all the dayes of his life which God geueth him, for this is his porcion.

  • Eccl 7:14
    74%

    14 Vse well the tyme of prosperite, and remembre the tyme of mysfortune: for God maketh the one by the other, so that a man can fynde nothinge els.

  • Eccl 8:15-16
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    74%

    15 Therfore I commende gladnesse, because a man hath no better thinge vnder the Sonne, then to eate and drynke, and to be mery: for that shal he haue of his laboure all the daies of his life, which God geueth him vnder the Sonne.+

    16 When I applied my mynde to lerne wy?dome, and to knowe the trauayle that is in the worlde (and that of soch a fashion, yt I suffred not myne eyes to slepe nether daye ner night)

  • Job 11:17
    74%

    17 Then shulde thy life be as cleare as the noone daye, and sprynge forth as the mornynge.

  • Ps 97:11
    73%

    11 There is spronge vp a light for the rightuous, and a ioyfull gladnesse for soch as be true herted.

  • Eccl 11:6
    73%

    6 Cease not thou therfore with thy handes to sowe thy sede, whether it be in ye mornynge or in the euenynge: for thou knowest not whether this or that shall prospere, & yf they both take, it is the better.

  • Eccl 3:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12 So I perceaued, yt in these thinges there is nothinge better for a man, the to be mery & to do well so longe as he lyueth.

    13 For all yt a man eateth & drynketh, yee what so euer a ma enioyeth of all his labor, ye same is a gift of God.

  • Eccl 6:9
    73%

    9 The sight of the eyes is better, then that the soule shulde so departe awaye. Howbeit this is also a vayne thinge and a disquietnesse of mynde.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11 A vayne thinge is it to cast out many wordes, but what hath a man els?

    12 For who knoweth what is good for man lyuynge, in ye dayes of his vayne life, which is but a shadowe? Or, who wil tell a man, what shal happen after him vnder the Sonne?

  • Job 37:21
    72%

    21 For euery ma seith not the light, yt he kepeth cleare in the cloudes, which he clenseth whan he maketh the wynde to blowe.

  • Eccl 4:3
    72%

    3 yee him that is yet vnborne to be better at ease the they both, because he seith not the miserable workes that are done vnder the Sonne.

  • Eccl 2:24-26
    3 verses
    72%

    24 Is it not better then for a ma to eate and drynke, and his soule to be mery in his laboure? Yee I sawe that this also was a gifte of God:

    25 For who maye eate, drynke, or brynge eny thige to passe without him? And why?

    26 he geueth vnto ma, what it pleaseth him: whether it be wy?dome. vnderstondinge, or gladnesse. But vnto the synner he geueth weerynes and sorow, that he maye gather and heape together ye thinge, yt afterwarde shalbe geuen vnto him whom it pleaseth God. This is now a vayne thinge, yee a very disquietnesse and vexacio of mynde.

  • Eccl 9:9
    72%

    9 Vse thy self to lyue ioyfully wt thy wife whom thou louest, all ye daies of thy life (which is but vayne) yt God hath geue the vnder the Sonne, all ye dayes of thy vanite: for yt is thy porcion in this life, of all thy labor & trauayle yt thou takest vnder the Sonne.

  • Eccl 2:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13 and I sawe, that wy?dome excelleth foolishnesse, as farre as light doth darknesse.

    14 For a wyse man beareth his eyes aboute in his heade, but the foole goeth in the darknesse. I perceaued also that they both had one ende.

  • Eccl 6:5
    72%

    5 Morouer, he seyth not the Sonne, and knoweth of no rest nether here ner there:

  • Prov 15:30
    71%

    30 Like as ye clearnesse of ye eyes reioyseth ye herte, so doth a good name fede ye bones.

  • Eccl 4:7
    71%

    7 Morouer, I turned me, and beholde yet another vanite vnder the Sonne.

  • Luke 11:33-34
    2 verses
    71%

    33 No man lighteth a candell, and putteth it in a preuy place, nether vnder a busshell, but vpon a candilsticke, that they which come in, maye se ye light.

    34 The eye is the light of the body. Yf thine eye then be syngle, all thy body shal be full of light: but yf thine eye be wicked, then shal all thy body be full of darcknesse.

  • Eccl 2:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10 & loke what so euer myne eyes desyred, I let them haue it: & wherin so euer my herte delyted or had eny pleasure, I with helde it not fro it. Thus my hert reioysed in all yt I dyd, and this I toke for the porcion of all my trauayle.

    11 But whan I considered all the workes yt my handes had wrought, and all the labours that I had taken therin: lo, all was but vanite and vexacion of mynde, & nothinge of eny value vnder ye Sonne.

  • Ps 74:16
    71%

    16 Thou dyggest vp welles & brokes, thou dryest vp mightie waters.

  • Eccl 3:22
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    22 Wherfore I perceaue, yt there is nothyinge better for a man, then to be ioyfull in his laboure, for that is his porcion. But who wil brynge him to se the thinge, that shal come after him?

  • Eccl 9:7
    70%

    7 Go thou yi waye then, eate thy bred with ioye, & drynke yi wyne wt gladnesse, for thy workes please God.

  • Eccl 5:20
    70%

    20 For he thinketh not moch how longe he shal lyue, for so moch as God fylleth his hert with gladnesse.

  • Eccl 1:3
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    3 For what els hath a ma, of all the labor yt he taketh vnder the Sonne?

  • Job 29:3
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    3 when his light shyned vpon my heade: whe I wente after the same light & shyne eue thorow the darcknesse.

  • Job 17:12
    70%

    12 chaunginge the night in to daye, & ye light in to darcknes.

  • Eccl 6:1
    70%

    1 There is yet a plage vnder ye Sonne, & it is a generall thinge amonge me:

  • Job 3:20
    70%

    20 Wherfore is the light geuen, to him that is in mysery? and life vnto them, that haue heuy hertes?

  • Eccl 9:13
    70%

    13 This wi?dome haue I sene also vnder ye Sone, & me thought it a greate thinge.

  • Ps 36:9
    70%

    9 For by the is ye well of life, & in thy light, shall we se light.

  • Luke 11:36
    70%

    36 Yf thy body now be light, so that it haue no parte of darknesse, then shal it be all full of light, and shall light the euen as a cleare lightenynge.

  • Ps 4:6
    69%

    6 There be many yt saye: who wil do vs eny good? where as thou (o LORDE) hast shewed vs the light of yi countenauce.

  • Eccl 7:3
    69%

    3 It is better to be sory then to laugh, for whe the countenaunce is heuy, the herte is ioyfull.